High-A Tampa had a scheduled off day. They’ve already clinched a postseason berth and will take on Brevard County in Round One (best-of-three series) of the playoffs when they start on Sept. 8th. They’re 4-10 against the Manatees this year, and still have to face them three more times before the regular season ends in a week.

The GCL Yanks’ regular season is over; they finished 33-27 and won the GCL North Division. They’ll take on the GCL Marlins in Round One of the playoffs tomorrow. Here’s the preview.The winner of that game will face the winner of the GCL Twins-GCL Nats game for the league championship on Wednesday. There’s no messing around in the Gulf Coast League playoffs, one loss and you’re done.

No idea, but don’t worry. The top signings usually make a few appearances then split for instructs. I’m surprised Murphy’s been there so long.

A.D.

Probably cause Murphy is tearing it up.

pat

Wow, did not see that Romine thing coming. Luckily for him, Jesus ascended to Trenton or the results might have turned out differently.

Accent Shallow

Yeah, seriously.

Let’s see: Romine had a line of .274/.322/.435

League average is: .252/.321/.363

So Romine has an OPS+ of 120 or so (if you think I’m doing park effects, you’re out of your mind)

That’s damn good, but while he has the tools of a good defensive catcher, the scouting reports I’ve seen indicate that he’s still growing into them. I didn’t see this coming, either. Maybe the better prospects were promoted out of the FSL, like Jesus?

Accent Shallow

He did have a significant home/away split, though:

.315/.354/.475 at home
.228/.281/.391 on the road

I thought Tampa was a pitcher’s park?

pat

Me too.. weird.

pat

IF YOU’RE NOT DOING PARK EFFECTS YOU”RE NOT HERE TO PARTAYYYYY

Ok, Christina Aguilera/Redman aside, he’s rockin a 32% CS, that’s pretty nice for a young catcher in A ball.

If somebody knows where to find everybody else’s plz pass it along.

Accent Shallow

FWIW, Minor League Splits’ park effects calculator doesn’t change his home line much. Tampa def plays as a pitcher’s park.

(I didn’t see any change to his road splits, so either those average out to neutral, or the calculator doesn’t run that)

Salty Buggah

Dayum Man!!! ManBan is the Man!!!

A.D.

Hadn’t been paying attention, Laird really turned it around in the 2nd half.

Doug

Evening Mike….Mack have any pro potential?

http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Certainly, just has a few kinks in his swing to iron out.

Doug

Have the arm to play RF?

Andy In Sunny Daytona

Mike, do you think Chris Smith starts in Trenton next year…….on his tour of state capitals?

http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Only if he doesn’t eat himself into a coma in Charleston first.

pat

HAHA, I actually laughed at that. Nicely done

Accent Shallow

Hopefully someone knocks some sense into him.

http://bronxbaseballdaily.com Matt ACTY/BBD

If the Thunder still had The Jesus, they’d have that WC spot locked down.

Accent Shallow

/makes MiL WAR joke

http://bronxbaseballdaily.com Matt ACTY/BBD

If they don’t make the playoffs, Jesus can’t be the MVP!

Johan Iz My Brohan

Blasphemy, shun the nonbelievers!

A.D.

Miranda cheap DH option for next year?

http://www.wiredtowns.com Short Porch

Just look at his home/road splits. SWB being a pitcher’s park, the man gets no love.

BA OBP SLG OPS
.264 .324 .443 .766
.322 .413 .570 .982

Post Allstar, in stark contrast to Jackson, his numbers have been insane:

how much if any potential is there in paredes? solid avg, good sb numbers and other than lack of walks seems solid for 2b.

Riddering

Cervelli’s pumped for roster expansion. (The error was just too much enthusiasm!)

Jeffrey

Not to mention he’s hitting a bit before coming up. 3-4 is pretty damn good for him.

Andy In Sunny Daytona

Mike, just one more question. Is Eduardo Nunez starting to win you over…at least a little? Tiny bit?

pat

Muahaha

http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

No. I’m so stubborn I can crush Jorge Posada’s spirit with a 3-second stare.

K.B.D.

You can crush his spirit, but never his belief that pissing on his hands toughens them.

Todd

I mean really Mike. Can we at least get an “italicized” comment for Nunez. He is probably the hottest Yankee minor leaguer during a playoff push–and batting third nonetheless. Do results count for anything, especially AA stats? Can an “average” hit tool hit .320 in Trenton?

Tom Zig

I have a soft spot in my heart for Melky Mesa

Baseballnation

Is the the G-spot?

sabes

What’s the deal with the love for Medchill? He’s 22 in Short Season ball who is apparently relegated to LF because he’s not a good fielder with a poor arm.

Mike, Do most of them start where they left off, or do you see a lot of them moving up over the off season?

http://www.teamnerdrage.com leokitty

I’m not Mike but Warren, Cotham, Black are definitely not returning to Staten Island.

Vizcaino they’ll have to decide if they think he’s ready for full, but I don’t see them holding him back. His stuff seriously outclasses NYPL batters and unless something really bad pops up they’re not going to put him back in shortseason.

Rondon will probably head to Charleston but he’s gotta get his walks seriously down to continue moving upwards after that.

Mike bk

Viz will be at least at Charleston.
Warren and Cotham probably go to Tampa, Warren almost definitely.
Rondon Charleston
Turley Charleston
Black and Watkins probably Charleston.
i dont know enough about Ramirez

ones not on your list
Mitchell should move to Trenton
Man-Ban Tampa
Phelps start at Tampa move to Trenton
Noesi probably same as phelps.

but im not as much of an insider as Axisa is.

yankeefan91 Arod fan

Yankees will call up Francisco Cervelli, Ramiro Pena, Mark Melancon, and Mike Dunn tomorrow according to John Heyman.

JSquared

Can’t wait to see Dunn.

http://bronxbaseballdaily.com Matt ACTY/BBD

+1

Jeffrey

Can’t wait to see the call ups!

Billy

Dunn will walk the first batter he faces and not see the field again.

Say Hey Willie

So they are going to blindfold him in the bullpen?

http://www.teamnerdrage.com leokitty

I love DeAngelo Mack–he just keeps getting better. I know he’s a long shot but I’m rooting for him really hard.

Reggie C.

Not sure if it was touched on yesterday, but Betances did indeed undergo TJS according to Lane Meyer. I guess this means Betances won’t pitch again till 2011.

Can’t say this is a blow to the pitching depth of the organization, but at least we can cross out Betances’s name from top 10 prospect consideration for a couple seasons. Does TSJ toll the clock on when Betances becomes vulnerable to the 40-man requirement??

Johan Iz My Brohan

I think the Yankees are allowed an extra year, pretty sure this happened/will happen with Brackman as well.

http://www.wiredtowns.com Short Porch

RUSSO. Leading the frakin International League in hitting at SWB no less.

We are set at 2B, to be sure, but why isn’t this guy getting at least a cup of coffee here?

AVG OBP SLG OPS
.335 .412 .438 .850

Again, crazy splits, all good:

Home Games .307 .368 .380 .747
Away Games .357 .444 .481 .925

Pre All-Star .308 .381 .355 .736
Post All-Star .367 .446 .533 .979

Let’s someone trot out the MLEs on him and Miranda. Let’s keep in mind that we got pitcher’s parks at A AA and AAA and overlook position talent.

Mike bk

because he will be a lot easier to get on the 40 man in the off-season.

http://www.wiredtowns.com Short Porch

yep. These roster subtleties often escape me.

But he still isn’t given his props. He is old for a prospect at 25, but he doesn’t rank where he should in most lists if he is listed at all.

Jeffrey

I’d really like to see him get added to the 40-man and called up with the roster expansion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WppcSY4SsSk barry

his home slugging being down could be due to the position of the stadium, it’s basically on the side of a mountain with the mountain beginning it’s clime right outside the outfield fence(hence all the outfield drainage problems) so PNC field could presumably be hurting his power numbers because that’s a definable difference

Luis Sojo – Florida State League Coach of the Year. Is there anything that man can’t do?

POCKO

Coach 3rd

TurnTwo

apparently not tip the waitresses at the Joe’s Crab Shack in Lawrenceville, NJ.

Billy

eduardo nunez is having a great season. i wonder what he did to mike to deserve so much hate.

JohnC

Was inevitable that Betances would have TJ surgery. Just wonder why they waited so long. Hopefully, he can get in some games in August of next season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WppcSY4SsSk barry

Awesome for Romine, I wonder if any NL teams would be interested in Miranda because there’s really no place for him on the Yank’s. The calculator says he’d put up a 252/321/424 line in SF(just a random team that’s desperate for bat(s)). Maybe it’s me but we should move him if he’s valuable(no idea if he is).